ECMO Specialist - RN -Cardiac ECMO Full-time Nights
ECMO Specialist - RN -Cardiac ECMO Full-time Nights
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Job Description
The ECMO Specialist RN reflects the mission vision and values of NM adheres to the organizations Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program and complies with all relevant policies procedures guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.
- An experienced Registered Nurse who in addition to providing direct patient care is accountable for facilitating an interdisciplinary approach to patient care patient flow staffing resource utilization and problem solving on a given shift.
Responsibilities:
- Monitors operates and adjusts ECMO circuits and the components to maintain patient specific parameters
- Continually assess and evaluate ECMO circuit and troubleshoot any difficulties
- Assist team members with cannulation and responds to eCPR SHOCK and lung rescue calls
- Able to set up and prime ECMO circuits independently
- Completed shift audit of not in use circuits and equipment to ensure seamless deployment
- Competent in troubleshooting skills within circuit
- Independent intra/inter hospital transport as part of interdisciplinary
- Confidently differentiate physiology for VV and VA ECMO indications
- Partner with ECMO Coordinators and Physician Leadership to advance the ECMO program within and across NM system
- Assist in staff training and competencies and quality and outcome review to ensure alignment with the ELSO guidelines
- Adheres to established system policies and procedures related to ECMO management
- Acts as a resource to the interdisciplinary team for safe management of ECMO circuit
- Establish connection for CRRT to the ECMO Circuit
- Maintain scheduled pre and post oxygenator gases and necessary laboratory monitoring
- Complete required shift documentation regarding patients progress
- Completes necessary billing documents and data capture for database management and improvement of quality outcome measurement
- Maintains and completes necessary biannual competencies and trainings per ELSO guidelines
Qualifications :
Required:
- Bachelors degree in nursing
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing required
- Registered Professional Nurse licensure in the State of Illinois required
- BLS American Heart Association
- ACLS American Heart Association
Preferred:
- 2 years of CTICU experience
- CCRN for nursing
Additional Information :
Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age sex race color religion national origin gender identity veteran status disability sexual orientation or any other protected status.
If we offer you a job we will perform a background check that includes a review of any criminal convictions. A conviction does not disqualify you from employment at Northwestern Medicine. We consider this on a casebycase basis and follow all state and federal guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
